Agile manufacturing: General challenges and an IoT@Work perspective

This paper describes the potential impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and architecture on factory automation. Whereas, IoT use cases range from intelligent infrastructure and smart cities to health care and shopping assistants, it is important to note that factory automation could b...

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Main Authors: Houyou, A. M., Huth, H-P, Trsek, Henning, Kloukinas, Christos, Rotondi, D.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Agility
Auto-configuration
Automation
Internet of Things
Modular factory
Plug-and-Play
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Summary:This paper describes the potential impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and architecture on factory automation. Whereas, IoT use cases range from intelligent infrastructure and smart cities to health care and shopping assistants, it is important to note that factory automation could benefit as well from an IoT approach. In this paper, we argue that there will not be one IoT but many IoTs that could differ in the type of infrastructure they are running or applications they support. In IoT@Work we focus on the potential of making manufacturing environments more agile and flexible. We explain how the IoT-centric architecture for manufacturing also needs a deep understanding of the manufacturing system and its state today. We, therefore, do a reverse engineering based on the requirements and the description of the agility expected in the automation system itself.
ISSN:1946-0740
1946-0759
DOI:10.1109/ETFA.2012.6489653